Display-rack.



No. 679,2I0. vPauanted july 23, 190i.

W. H. BLANDIN.

DISPLAY RACK.

(Application led Sept. 25, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT DISPLAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,210, dated July 23, 1901.

Application filed September 25, 1900. Serial No. 31,049. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WALKER I-I. BLANDIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented -a new and useful Display-Rack, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to a display and draping rack; and the object of the present conxo struction is to provide simple and effective means for window, interior, or other use capable of a universal adjustment to produce different effects and applicable to walls, ceilings, or any suitable hanging device and i5 adapted to be folded in compact form for storage or transportation, the several parts being light and strong and durable.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which 2o will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one mode of using the device and draping goods thereover. Fig. 2 is `2 5 a perspective view of the improved device broken through in part. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of ,the improved device, showing the ymanner of adjusting parts thereof in full and Adotted lines. Fig. 4c is a detail perspective 3o View of an attachment. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the attachment shown by Fig. 1l.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views. A

.3 5 rlhe numeral l designates the base of the rack, composed of a pair of forwardly-converged slats 2, connected and covered at their 'outer ends by a cap-piece 3 of triangular form, :and at the rear said slats are connected by 4o an upper cross-tie 4, to which is hinged the lower tie 5 of a triangular back member 6, also having upwardly-converging slats 7. An upright 8 is secured in an immovable manner to the center of the rear portion of the back member, and to the said upright, above the upper terminal of the member, the upper end of a brace 9 is hinged. The lower end of the brace is provided with an angular keeper 10, which projects forwardly therefrom and is 45o formed with a transversely-extending slot l1 to removably engage either one of a series of 1adjustable screw-eyes 12 or analogous devices, whioh are first arranged to extend transversely until they are passed throughthe slot and then turned at an angle to the direction of the latter. This brace provides means for giving stable support to the back member and the parts carried thereby, which will be presently set forth, and also to control the angle of inclination of the said bach member, 6o upright, and parts carried thereby forwardly over the base.

Adj ustably secured to the upper extremity of the upright and to each other are longitudinally-slotted supporting-bars 13 and 14, the 65 bar 13 being held directly against the said upright by a clamping-bolt 15, having an enlarged head and passing through the slot of the said latter bar and the upright and engaged by a Winged nut 16, a washer being 7o interposed between the said nut and upright for obvious reasons. The bar 14 is adjustably secured to the bar 13 by a similar bolt 17 and nut 18, and it is preferred that both bars be of equal length; but their dimensions and that of all the parts may be varied at will. The bars 13 and 14: are capable of a multiplicity of adjustments, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, and they maybe disposed at upward divergent angles to each other or equally 8o inclined, or one may be arranged to form the cross-rest on the other. The said bars can also be arranged at irregular angles to the upright and to each other, and by extending both bars from one side of the device at the proper angle and using two of the complete racks an arch can easily be formed by connecting the free ends of the adjacent bars. The inclination of the bars and upright in relation to the base, as before explained, can 9o also be varied to suit the character and necessities of the display to be made, and the base can be suspended from a side wall, ceiling, or other supporting device, and thus obtain the beneiits of a suspended rack with all the adjustable capabilities heretofore explained or any others that may be devised from the adjustable bars. The mode of ap-` plying the bars 13 and 14 gives an almost unlimited adjustment of the same and greatly increases the usefulness of the rack and affords means for accommodating any kind of display desired to be made. The device is also strong enough to sustain the weight of IOO heavy fabrics, and the latter may be arranged thereon in such manner as to simulate a form, and thereby show the goods in the best possible light. A head or cap block 19 is also employed in connection with the improved rack as an effective auxiliary in supporting goods on the same, and said cap or head block has an angularly-disposed slot 2O therein to tit over the ends of either bar or the upright. This block is normally disposed at an angle which may have a downward directionv to the front or the rear, in accordance with the mode ot application of the same, and eX- tends the bearing for the goods on the ends of the bars or upright. The improved device can also be folded int-o compact form for storage or transportation, and the plurality of adjustments of which it is capable and the simple structural facilities for obtaining the Same produce a device which Will form a valuable acquisition to the display equipment of a store or other place and will replace the many small and intricate, as well as perishable, devices now used for this purpose.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. In a display-rack, the combination of a base, a device hinged thereto and adjustable at an angle in relation to the same, and elongated longitudinallyslotted bars of equal length freely adjustable in relation to each` nected to the base, and a pair of longitudinally-slotted bars of equal length adj ustably connected to each other, both bars being capable of adjustable connection to the upright.

3. In a display-rack, the combination of a base, a back hingedthereto, an upright fixed on the back at the center of the latter and having a constant length, a brace hinged to said upright and having a slotted keeper at its lower end, movable fastening devices on the base adapted to be engaged by the said keeper, and slotted bars of equal length adjustably carriedby the upright.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aliixed my signature inl the presence of two witnesses.

WALKER H. BLANDIN. Witnesses:

A. L. PORTER, W. L. PORTER. 

